This observation from martin Lewicki, an experienced
observer and member of my local astronomical society.
He thought it was 2 iridiums flaring. but that didnt check out,
but Noss 3-3 did when I used Heavens Above to see if any of the
NOSS 3 pairs were to blame.
Tony Beresford
After taking some exposures of Venus in twilight on the beach I turn
back to the house and was surprised to see two -5 mag "stars" in
Centaurus region. They were about 3 degrees apart and very slowly
moving together SSE, fading after about 30 sec. I must have spotted
them just as they were at maximum brightness.
[15/4/2007 18:51 CST ]
If only the camera was still setup :(
Tony, which ones were they?
Reminds of my observation of triple Iridiums back on 19 June 1997
when they crossed the star field of Canis Major.
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